N.C. teen's hanging death ruled a suicide; mother says it was a lynching

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Re: N.C. teen's hanging death ruled a suicide; mother says it was a lynching

Originally Posted by iliveonramen

Of course not...when have a group of people ever worked together to hang a person to death? That's crazy talk Middleground

I made the mistake of googling "lynching" and clicking on "images." Ugly, ugly stuff... that all happened in 20th century America.

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Re: N.C. teen's hanging death ruled a suicide; mother says it was a lynching

Originally Posted by tres borrachos

So then why is the NAACP there if this has nothing to do with race?
Why did the article talk about how if this was a white man who was found hung everyone would be a suspect? Just collateral information with no real purpose?

weird, can you point out where i said this story definitely has nothing to do with race? This COULD easily be a race related incident.
I said the word LYNCH in itself has nothing to do with race, glad I could help clear up your mistake, you're welcome.

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Re: N.C. teen's hanging death ruled a suicide; mother says it was a lynching

Originally Posted by AGENT J

a murder by hanging if done by a group of people would in fact be a lynching by definition. Race has ZERO impact on the word.

Race doesn't, but there's more to a lynching than just "mob" and "hanging."

Define lynch = "(of a mob) kill (someone), especially by hanging, for an alleged offense with or without a legal trial."

Said mob's motive for killing would have to be based on them having accused him of something illegal, otherwise, it's not a lynching. If it was murder for the sake of murder or even murder purely because of racial issues, it's by definition not a lynch.

Originally Posted by AGENT J

correct, which would actually be the definition of lynch which has nothing to do with RACE

Patently FALSE, lynching doesn't even require the death to be by hanging, although hanging is especially common in lynching.

An example of lynching would be a woman being accused in the ME of having committed something like adultery and then being stoned before having a chance to defend herself. ME has lynchings ALL the time.

Re: N.C. teen's hanging death ruled a suicide; mother says it was a lynching

Originally Posted by Luftwaffe

1.)Race doesn't, but there's more to a lynching than just "mob" and "hanging."
Define lynch = "(of a mob) kill (someone), especially by hanging, for an alleged offense with or without a legal trial."

Said mob's motive for killing would have to be based on them having accused him of something illegal, otherwise, it's not a lynching. If it was murder for the sake of murder or even murder purely because of racial issues, it's by definition not a lynch.

2.)Patently FALSE, lynching doesn't even require the death to be by hanging, although hanging is especially common in lynching.

An example of lynching would be a woman being accused in the ME of having committed something like adultery and then being stoned before having a chance to defend herself. ME has lynchings ALL the time.

1.) 100% false, said "crime" could be a personal one, it doesnt have to be an actual legal one, it could be a "perceived" crime.
2.) good thing i didnt say it had to be a hangin so theres NOTHING false about it lol its called context and the context was about the possibility of a "group". my statement is 100% accurate based on context.

try to stick to what was actually said and you can avoid your mistake in the future, thanks!

Last edited by AGENT J; 12-17-14 at 09:08 AM.

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